[ossig] California looking to pass a bill to adopt ODF

[Ir. Tejinder Singh]

dear ODf members,

california makes it four (or so the blurb goes)

http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070228080638136

excerpts of importance:-

"A link to the California bill is here, and the full text appears at the end
of this blog entry.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1668_bill_20070223_introduced.html
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as defined in the draft legislation, the bill would require that "all
documents, including, but not limited to, text, spreadsheets, and
presentations, produced by any state agency shall be created, exchanged, and
preserved in an open extensible markup language-based, XML-based file
format, as specified by the department." Significantly the bill continues:

When deciding how to implement this section, the department in its
evaluation of open, XML-based file formats shall consider all of the
following features:

(1) Interoperable among diverse internal and external platforms and
applications.
(2) Fully published and available royalty-free.
(3) Implemented by multiple vendors.
(4) Controlled by an open industry organization with a well-defined
inclusive process for evolution of the standard."

cheers,

tejinder
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